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Australia a gateway to Africa

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Africa, Australia, China
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  • March 7 2013

Chinese investors are taking note of Australian resource companies operating strategically in Africa. Belinda Fan, Partner and Monika Aronfeld

General Counsel update - legal guide edition 32

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • November 29 2012

A summary of major developments in key areas

Guidance for investors contributing equity to foreign-invested enterprises

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • November 7 2012

Recent interim provisions clarify the process and qualifications for investors to inject equity as the registered capital of a foreign-invested enterprise ("FIE"

A legal guide to investing in the UK for Chinese investors, July 2012 - fourth edition

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, United Kingdom
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  • July 4 2012

The UK has successfully retained its leadership position in Europe for inward investment

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Consumer goods: update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Indonesia, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • February 29 2012

The Ministry of Commerce People’s Republic of China’s (“MOFCOM”) prohibition of CocaCola’s proposed acquisition of Huiyuan in 2009 generated significant controversy and prompted a fear that the Anti-Monopoly Law could be used to prevent foreign-multinational companies from acquiring well-known Chinese brands and businesses

General Counsel Update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • December 7 2011

This is the twenty-seventh in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

100 foreign ownership in call centre outsourcing is permitted under China’s strict telecoms regulatory regime

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • September 27 2011

The State Council and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) recently announced a series of policies which aim to relax foreign investment restrictions on call centre outsourcing by allowing a foreign investor to set up a wholly foreign owned enterprise or an equity joint venture without any cap on the foreign investor’s shareholding

Dispute resolution and governing law in China-related commercial contracts

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • August 31 2011

Drafting governing law and dispute resolution clauses to be used in your China-related commercial contracts is not straightforward

Draft measures on contributing equity to FIEs

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • May 13 2011

Recent draft rules issued for public comment aim to clearly permit investors to inject equity as the registered capital of a foreign-invested enterprise ("FIE"